Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Deadeye said: Kevtris (FPGA core and board designer of the NT mini, Super NT, Mega Sg, and HiDef NES) revealed he is not the one writing the core for the Analogue Duo. I wish he was, but it not a bad thing, there are other talented FPGA programers and even ones that made PC Engines cores. That's all the info currently. No word on if Analogue is writing their own core or licensing an existing. Kevtris may be involved in the project, for the board or project management, he would not answer that. Further update below. This is more reassuring. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Deadeye said: Further update below. This is more reassuring. Nice. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifightdragons | 234 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 That's very reassuring to know. Wouldn't expect anything less from both Kevtris and Analogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Analogue has a Duo FAQ up now, may answer some questions you have. https://support.analogue.co/hc/en-us/articles/360051105131-Analogue-Duo-FAQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartman | 195 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I'd like to know how the disc laser (and other mechanical shit that makes the discs run) are compared to the old original Duo one. How much better is it? When will it be due to refurbish due to whatever wear that comes along? Also i think Kevtris should be here to talk about his consoles personally. He don't have to live inside VGS but stopping by once in a blue moon would be fair. A lot of those consoles are bought by us but even if none were, i think it's proper etiquette to be informative and in touch with people when you're doing something that is aimed towards the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jicsan | 589 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 https://support.analogue.co/hc/en-us/articles/115001555652-Nt-mini-2nd-Production-Shipping-in-Oct-updated-10-16 Anyone get a shipping e-mail already? Analogue sure likes to hide info like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I've not received an email. I was right there immediately when the first wave became available to order and sped through it, so I expect I'd be among the first to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 19 minutes ago, Gloves said: I've not received an email. I was right there immediately when the first wave became available to order and sped through it, so I expect I'd be among the first to get one. If past experience is an indicator, they don't ship by order #. They ship by grouping destination zones. It wouldn't be as frustrating, if Analogue was more transparent. Having gone through it before, I know what to expect now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jicsan | 589 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, Gloves said: I've not received an email. I was right there immediately when the first wave became available to order and sped through it, so I expect I'd be among the first to get one. Same, I ordered right when they went up. No email yet either. I mean I wasn't even expecting it to ship until next month anyway... I saw someone reply on Analogue's Twitter about this update on their support page and even then I had to hunt for it on their site. By the way, I don't recommend reading Twitter replies for Analogue, it's 95% complaints about not restocking stuff, which I get, but come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,200 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Ah, I never would have thought to check the NT mini 2nd Production article since it doesn't have 'noir' in the title or a year. Thanks for posting that! I'm hoping for a smoother experience with the Duo pre-orders given what happened wih the Pocket; I was there on the hour and the pay screen hung and then...no stock. At the end of the day, 'c'est la vie', but it would be nice to get an order in from the jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,735 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Jicsan said: By the way, I don't recommend reading Twitter replies for Analogue, it's 95% complaints about not restocking stuff, which I get, but come on. LRG's Twitter page is the same way. It's funny to me that Twitter seems to have more people following and commenting that don't understand the hobby very well. It's like Twitter has a larger percentage of newer and uninformed collectors. Facebook on the other hand has a larger percentage of seasoned collectors who understand the hobby, but end up being just as toxic for other reasons. The Twitter users are toxic towards the manufacturers and publishers, and the Facebook users are toxic towards each other. Either way, it's a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,492 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) On 10/21/2020 at 7:39 AM, cartman said: Also i think Kevtris should be here to talk about his consoles personally. He don't have to live inside VGS but stopping by once in a blue moon would be fair. A lot of those consoles are bought by us but even if none were, i think it's proper etiquette to be informative and in touch with people when you're doing something that is aimed towards the public. Kevtris does post here and there online, it's not like he's locked in a monastery somewhere. Plus, the consoles were a joint effort between him and Analogue, so he's probably not responsible for everything about them. He was on NintendoAge and posted fairly actively when the Super Nt was being discussed. He probably figured since NA sank that a successor forum wasn't created. Edited October 22, 2020 by Tulpa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tulpa said: Kevtris does post here and there online, He posts on the Classic Gaming discord. He isn't foward with any information until things are announced and then he won't really dicuss anything that isn't made public already until after release, due to non disclosure agreements. Now that he has a position rather than a contractor, Director of FPGA Development, that may change. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Do they still process payments in china? That's always a hassle for me because of fraud protection on my card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, CMR said: Do they still process payments in china? That's always a hassle for me because of fraud protection on my card. As far as I know, still processed out of their Hong Kong bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartman | 195 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Tulpa said: Kevtris does post here and there online, it's not like he's locked in a monastery somewhere. Plus, the consoles were a joint effort between him and Analogue, so he's probably not responsible for everything about them. He was on NintendoAge and posted fairly actively when the Super Nt was being discussed. He probably figured since NA sank that a successor forum wasn't created. Does he post on forums? As i understand it he has a overseeing role now compared to previously where he was more hands-on with the work. Now it's a team but one that uphold the same standards as himself. I remember him on NA yeah. Would be great if he came here aswell but maybe this forum isn't quite as big as i imagine and he's unaware of it altough i doubt that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,492 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, cartman said: Does he post on forums? He has in the past. 29 minutes ago, cartman said: As i understand it he has a overseeing role now compared to previously where he was more hands-on with the work. Now it's a team but one that uphold the same standards as himself. Keep in mind that's just for the programming in the FPGA aspect, not all the guts, or the design, or sales or anything else, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 The one thing I missed or that Duo fact lacked, what does the system do if anything to handle games with saving routines? There were quite a lot of HuCard/turbo chips that used saving with one of those lock on devices that typically ran on batteries before there even was a CD add-on let alone all in one (Duo) option either. I'd be curious if someone bought it or the pocket adapter if you played a game like Neutopia, would you be stuck using crappy passwords or capable of saving your progress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jicsan | 589 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 https://support.analogue.co/hc/en-us/articles/360051285492-Nt-mini-Noir-shipping-mid-end-of-November-2020-10-29-29 So it's back to mid or late November shipping now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifightdragons | 234 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Jicsan said: https://support.analogue.co/hc/en-us/articles/360051285492-Nt-mini-Noir-shipping-mid-end-of-November-2020-10-29-29 So it's back to mid or late November shipping now. Back to? Wasn't it always supposed to ship in November? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jicsan | 589 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I posted ealier where they were going to ship last week, according to their announcement on the support page... but it never happened. 4 minutes ago, ifightdragons said: Back to? Wasn't it always supposed to ship in November? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jicsan said: I posted ealier where they were going to ship last week, according to their announcement on the support page... but it never happened. I think you were looking at an old announcement for the Nt Mini, shipped on 10/16/17, and not the Nt Mini Noir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, Deadeye said: I think you were looking at an old announcement for the Nt Mini, shipped on 10/16/17, and not the Nt Mini Noir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Gloves said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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